USA Today puzzle clues 2026 Sep 16

• ___ and proper Crossword Clue
• Apply, like pressure Crossword Clue
• Be sickeningly sweet Crossword Clue
• Builds Crossword Clue
• Cain's brother Crossword Clue
• Cherished Crossword Clue
• Compensated vacation (Abbr.) Crossword Clue
• Core belief Crossword Clue
• "Couldn't agree more!" Crossword Clue
• Double-___ sword Crossword Clue
• Duck Hunt console Crossword Clue
• Engineered crop, for short Crossword Clue
• Food stamp initials Crossword Clue
• Formally give Crossword Clue
• Former ninth planet Crossword Clue
• Garments that might be shed upon returning home Crossword Clue
• Genre inducing pleasant tingles (Abbr.) Crossword Clue
• Giggle sound Crossword Clue
• Give some background information before telling a story Crossword Clue
• Gumbo vegetable Crossword Clue
• Heroes' companions Crossword Clue
• "He's dead, ___" ("Star Trek" catchphrase) Crossword Clue
• Honey wine Crossword Clue
• "I'd like to be updated" Crossword Clue
• Industry for Alibaba and Amazon Crossword Clue
• Insult Crossword Clue
• "Interior Chinatown" actor Archie Crossword Clue
• Italian fashion hub Crossword Clue
• Knee stabilizer, for short Crossword Clue
• ___ Lanka Crossword Clue
• "Le Dejeuner sur l'herbe" painter Crossword Clue
• "Let me think" Crossword Clue
• Lions' sounds Crossword Clue
• "Long ___" (Taylor Swift song) Crossword Clue
• Mini signal source? Crossword Clue
• Moistens, like produce Crossword Clue
• Moving day vehicle Crossword Clue
• Musician's time to shine Crossword Clue
• Noah's ___ Crossword Clue
• Not stand the test of time Crossword Clue
• Oak or elm Crossword Clue
• Oracles Crossword Clue
• Org. whose website has a "Spay & Neuter" tab Crossword Clue
• Ottawa's province, for short Crossword Clue
• Person's rank among others around them Crossword Clue
• Person who plays a big part in Hollywood? Crossword Clue
• Post-abacus but pre-calculator device Crossword Clue
• Protractors measure them Crossword Clue
• "Queen of Hip-Hop Soul" Mary J. ___ Crossword Clue
• Really bringing it Crossword Clue
• Section of some wedding cakes Crossword Clue
• "Shush!" Crossword Clue
• Some seeded loaves Crossword Clue
• Spa garments Crossword Clue
• Spanish for "seven" Crossword Clue
• Spiral shape in DNA Crossword Clue
• Tehran's country Crossword Clue
• "That's my theory" Crossword Clue
• "That so?" Crossword Clue
• "Thor" actor Hemsworth Crossword Clue
• Tooth you can't eat with Crossword Clue
• Tower-building game Crossword Clue
• UFC sport Crossword Clue
• University of New Mexico athlete Crossword Clue
• Using AI to program Crossword Clue
• USPS delivery, colloquially Crossword Clue
• Villain's hideout Crossword Clue
• What people learn about through world travel Crossword Clue
• Winter glider Crossword Clue
• Word before "peace" or "child" Crossword Clue
• Yoga position Crossword Clue
• "You ___ what you sow" Crossword Clue